Spring loaded turn catch for packing case or the like

Claim 1

IN A CATCH FOR RELEASABLY JOINING TWO SEPARABLE PANELS OR THE LIKE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A BASE ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO ONE OF SAID PANELS AND HAVING TWO TRANSVERSELY SPACED SIDE FLANGES PROVIDED WITH TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED LONGITUDINALLY ELONGATED OPENINGS, A CATCH BODY HAVING TWO SIDE WALLS EACH LOCATED ADJACENT A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SIDE FLANGES AND EACH HAVING AN OPENING REGISTERING GENERALLY WITH THE ELONGATED OPENING IN THE ASSOCIATED SIDE FLANGE, A TRANSVERSE FLANGE ON SAID BODY, AND A SPRING ACTING BETWEEN SAID BODY AND BASE TO URGE SAID BODY REARWARDLY AND WHICH SPRING INCLUDES TWO END PORTIONS EACH OF WHICH EXTENDS TRANSVERSELY THROUGH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ELONGATED OPENINGS AND THROUGH THE BODY OPENING IN REGISTRATION THEREWITH TO PIVOTALLY CONNECT SAID BODY TO SAID BASE FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID BASE BETWEEN LOWERED AND RAISED POSITIONS, SAID SPRINGS ALSO INCLUDING A TONGUE PORTION ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID TRANVERSE BODY FLANGE TO RELEASABLY HOLD SAID CATCH BODY IN ITS RAISED POSITION.